N1 tarot?

[taiga_ameca]

This was something I wanted to work on for a while, Nippon Ichi Tarot cards. Well, at least just matching them together, I'm not exactly an artist XD. Basically, just wanted to have a little fun with this

Anyway, yesterday on gamefaqs, someone brought this up, and it prompt me to go try and match them up once again.

There's just a couple of problems... the first one being that there's just too many interpretations. I'm looking at you Pope and Popess cards, GAH.

Anyway, this is my first shot at matching them together. I'll give a link to a page I found the info (there are many more I used, but this is pretty much the ones I used the most, yeah sorry, one of them is in French, but it's pretty good)

Maybe I'll put this up on cyberdance later, since there's a better chance of having people take a go at the matching thing, if Angie doesn't mind... meh, just a fun little excercise ^^

Names in bold are my personal "best matches", italics are long shots. But then again, it's still up in the air. I don't want doubles, so I'm trying to match only one person per card, but if a name repeat itself, it'll be marked with a *.  ??? pretty much means I really don't knwo and I'm taking wild guesses



no number. Le Mat (The Fool)
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Characters: Akutare/Axel (D2), Asagi (NO GAME HAHAHA)

I. Le Bateleur (The Magician)
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Characters: ???, Marjoly* (Marl), Pram (MK)
Note: Some other sites I found classified the upside down position as representing lies, faking, ruse, con artists, which I figured could represent Pram in a way. Otherwise, not really sure about this one.

II. La Papesse (The Popess, The High Priestess)
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Characters: ???, Virtuous* (SN), Alouette* (LP), Prier (LP)
Note: I read somewhere this is one of the hardest cards to use in a reading. Yeah, this one I really don't know. (heck, I think Alouette there is mostly by job association)

III. L'Impératrice (The Empress)
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Characters: Salome (MK), Laharl's Mother (D1)
Note: The french one also notes for the upright position: reflexion, intelligence, elegance, following through on ideas. Upside down: vanity, pretention, luxery, disgust, superficial.

IV. L'Empereur (The Emperor)
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Characters: Laharl (D1), Zetta (MK), Krichevskoy* (D1)
Note: Promoting Laharl over Zetta if only because we kinda see him rule over more things then a certain book.

V. Le Pape (The Pope, The Hierophant)
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Characters: \o.0/ ???, Salade (LP), Lamington (D1). On the negative side: Kanan (SN), Thuris (SN), Noir (LP) ??????? ... okay, maybe not. Note: I hate this one so much. A lot of people on gamefaqs said Lamington, but honestly, I don't really see it. I did see one interpretation that fit him perfectly, but the rest... there's a tradition/conservative aspect that is opposite to his whole actions in D1. I don't really know about this one, bleh.

VI. L'Amoureux (The Lovers)
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Characters: Hmm, pick a N1 couple? Any N1 couple? Personaly though Cornet/Ferdinand
Note: Haha, part of me just wants to see who doesn't get pick for other cards and shove the couple here. ^^; However, some decks represent the Lovers with three people, like a man having to choose between two women.

VII. Le Chariot (The Chariot)
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Characters: Adell* (D2), Sapphire (D3), Zetta, mostly for the negative side though (MK)
Note: In the gamefaqs thread, I originally said Zetta for this one, until I read another site (the french one) that had upside qualities such as: "legitimate sucess", "competance", "intelligence and tact" ......... NEXT.

VIII. La Justice (Justice) (note, some decks have it at number XI instead)
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Characters: ??? Lamington* (D1)

IX. L'Hermite (The Hermit)
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Characters: \o.0/????? Champloo (D3)
Note: Another one where I honestly have no idea.

X. La Roue de Fortune (The Wheel of Fortune)
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Characters: Almaz (D3)

XI. La Force (Strength) (note, some decks have it at number VIII instead)
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Characters: Adell* (D2), Ash (PB)
Note: This one gave me a lot of trouble, surprising, no? Nali is the one who came up with Adell.

XII. Le Pendu (The Hanged Man)
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Characters: Alouette* (LP), Mao with a small emphasis on the negative meaning at first (D3)

XIII. SANS NOM - La Mort (Death)
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Characters: Gig (SN), Krichevskoy* (D1)
Note: Nali suggested Krichevskoy, however, personally, I think this fits Gig, both in meaning and job association, so well it's not even funny

XIV. La Tempérance (Temperance)
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Characters: ???, Lamington (D1), Revya (SN)
Note: Another one of those that I have no real clue

XV. Le Diable (The Devil)
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Characters: ??? Seedle emphasis on the negative (MK), Etoile on the money side of things (Marl), Marjoly* (Marl), Demon Path!Revya (SN)
Note: Addition upside: instinct, impulsive, witchcraft, empty passion. Downside: excess, cupidity, perversion, fall

XVI. La Maison Dieu (The House of God, The Tower)
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Characters: Croix see below, second form(LP), fake!Zenon see below, first form(D2)
Note: Perhaps the worst card in the deck, heck there's almost nothing (if any) positive about this one. Some interpretation focus more on the material richness or vanity, greed and it's loss, while some focus more on sudden change leading to chaos and ruin or a crisis. Another one of those "many interpretation" cards. BTW, if you're wondering why it's called "The Tower" or "The House of God", a common interpretation is that it represents the Tower of Babel. But there are many versions of that card.

XVII. L'Étoile (The Star)
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Characters: Etoile (Marl), ???, Flonne (D1)
Note: Bah, I just HAD to be a smart ass here XD, BUT ANYWAY. Okay, some other interpretations go with, upright: night, prophetic dreams, ideals. Upside down: lost of hope, naiveity, seduction, ignorance, negative curiosity. Not really sure about Flonne but...

XVIII. La Lune (The Moon)
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Characters: ???, Eclair/Dark Eclair (LP)

XIX. Le Soleil (The Sun)
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Chracters: Marona (PB), Cherie (Marl)
Note: Fun fact, in the gamefaqs thread 3/4 people said Marona for this one. Another fun fact, some of the card drawing have two people on the card, so hey, it's all good XD

XX. Le Jugement (Judgement)
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Characters: Rozalin (D2), Krichevskoy* (D1)
Note: Addition, upside: : Liberation, reincarnation, rebirth, end of a cycle, new possibilities, inspiration, forgiveness, health, success. Downside: fear of change, indecision, noise, lack of progress, separation, guilt, delay, loss

XXI. Le Monde (The World)
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Characters: ??? Trenia (MK), Drazil and Haephnes (SN), Vyers* (D1)
Note: GAH, another one of those, "I don't know" cards. The first three are mostly by job association, and well... Vyers... \o.0/

Well this was longer than I thought. Hmm, I know I could have missed a whole lot of characters here that could be used, but it's just an idea.

Next time... Taiga tackles the Minor Arcana.

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